"Senior Sister Zhang, this is all my fault!
How could I have been so foolish, not noticing anything wrong at all?
When Junior Sister Liu and the others fought their way out so fiercely and swiftly, I should have realized something was amiss!
I was far too careless. I let everyone fall into this terrible predicament!"
Senior Sister Zhao's face was filled with grief and self-reproach. She had been delighted, believing that with Junior Sister Liu and the others joining them, their chances of breaking through would increase greatly.
Yet who could have imagined that this blow from behind would plunge them into an abyss beyond redemption?
Now, the stronger senior sisters were all gravely wounded. Although they had taken Healing Pills in time and temporarily stopped the bleeding, their fighting strength had been drastically reduced.
They were now like flowers swaying in the wind, fragile and helpless.
"Senior Sister Zhang, we're truly sorry. We should have noticed something was wrong sooner, too.
With our strength, there was no way we could have beaten them so easily!"
Junior Sister Su and the others were equally remorseful. They knew that almost all of this had resulted from their willfulness.
"What's done is done. Talking won't help.
Pull yourselves together and stay close to me. We'll fight our way through one more time!"
Zhang Jie began panting rapidly, as though every breath were a struggle against death. The wounds on her body were like a demon's claws,
mercilessly tearing at her nerves and bringing endless agony, yet she gritted her teeth and stubbornly endured it.
"Bitch, my beloved Furnace Cauldron is gone. Today, you'll take her place!"
Yu Manfeng raised his sword and shouted, his voice exploding across the battlefield like thunder. Yet he remained motionless as a statue, even quietly